Ekaterina Vazem in the Petipa/Minkus Les Brigands , St. Petersburg, 1875
The Bandits Les Brigands ) is a grand ballet in two acts and five scenes with prologue, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Léon Minkus . The libretto by Marius Petipa is based on Miguel de Cervantes ' novella La gitanilla
The work was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on January 26/February 7 (Julian /Gregorian calendar dates), 1875 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia .
Principal dancers: Ekaterina Vazem .
1847–59
Paquita Le Diable amoureux (as "Satanella") Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid Giselle The Star of Granada The Rose, the Violet, and the Butterfly Le Corsaire A Marriage During the Regency The Parisian Market 1860–79
The Blue Dahlia Terpsichore The Pharaoh's Daughter The Beauty of Lebanon The Traveling Dancer Florida Titania Faust The Benevolent Cupid The Slave Le Roi Candaule Don Quixote Trilby Catarina The Two Stars Camargo Le Papillon Ondine (as "The Naiad and the Fisherman") The Bandits The Adventures of Peleus La Bayadère Roxana Ariadne The Daughter of the Snows Frizak the Barber Mlada 1880–99 1900–03
Les Ruses d'Amour or The Trial of Damis (1900)The Seasons Harlequinade The Heart of the Marquis (1902)The Magic Mirror The Romance of the Rosebud and the Butterfly (never presented)
